What To Watch This Week With Kate Casey

Hello,

I hope you had a chance to catch up on all of last week’s episodes.

Saturday Series: Caitlin Rea Clark

Executive Producer of The Idaho Murders

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Lockerbie: Crash of Pan Am 103

The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel

Here is what is worth tuning into this week:

Reality Television

The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th (Bravo) brings together a core cast of Vicki Gunvalson, Luann de Lesseps, Porsha Williams, Teresa Giudice, Kyle Richards, Gizelle Bryant, and Lisa Barlow, joined by appearances from more than 80 past and present Housewives across the franchise for a commemorative, once-in-a-lifetime trip. (August 9)

Double Lives of Suburban Wives (TLC) is a new series, which follows six couples in the St. Louis area whose everyday routines of carpools, church, and community gatherings coexist with a second, more private side of their lives as adult content creators. Beneath the polished suburban facade, the couples navigate judgment, family expectations, and the strain of keeping their two worlds separate, leaning on one another through the highs and lows even as personal struggles test their closest bonds. (August 9)

The Valley Reunion (Bravo) unpacks a season defined by new babies, breakups, and fractured friendships. Danny Booko and Nia Sanchez Booko reflect on their postpartum journeys and their marriage now that their daughter is a year old. Brittany Cartwright comes to terms with her dating picker being off, while Michelle Saniei addresses her love life being in the headlines. Zack Wickham calls out Brittany for not having his back, and things take a turn when Lacy Nicole joins the stage with Michelle. The three-part reunion streams extended and uncensored the next day on Peacock. (August 5)

Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion (Bravo) revisit the season’s fallout, including the tension between Porsha and K. Michelle, Drew’s rumored relationship, and the moms whose involvement stirred up new conflict. Parts two and three air the following two Sundays, with extended and uncensored episodes streaming the next day on Peacock. (August 9)

The Challenge: Cutthroat (Paramount+) has three teams of returnees and newcomers who must work together to reach the finish line as a unit and bank money. (August 5)

Age Inappropriate (We TV) has five couples navigating modern age-gap relationships. (August 7)

Documentary

Betrayal: Dirty Secrets (Hulu) is based on the true crime podcast of the same name. This centers on Karoline Borega, who was married to respected Colorado Springs Police officer Joel Kern. As the truth emerges, so does a web of lies that deceived his family and the force he represented. The three-part docuseries spotlights the devastation and perseverance of a family when a shocking confession reveals how a husband and father had been abusing his position of authority to pursue a secret sexual life. Key interviews include Karoline Borega and her daughter, Nicole, whose father’s infidelities caused her to question her own childhood memories of their relationship, as well as one of Joel Kern’s ex-lovers, who shares insight into their relationship, along with exclusive footage of the internal affairs investigation by the Colorado Springs Police Department. Also featured is “Betrayal” podcast host Andrea Gunning. (August 4)

**I interviewed Karoline and Andrea, episode coming this week.

Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy (Netflix) has comedian Mo Gilligan putting his body to the test, eating fried chicken three times a day for 28 days straight. What begins as a personal experiment expands into a global investigation, taking Gilligan from South London to the United States to trace the historical origins of fried chicken and examine the social, economic, and industrial forces behind its mass consumption, from fast food chains to large-scale farming. As a Black British comedian, Gilligan also confronts the stereotypes historically linked to the dish, tracing how it was co-opted through Jim Crow-era minstrelsy, advertising, and early American film. (August 5)

Inside the Trustor Scandal (Netflix) revisits one of Sweden’s largest financial crimes: the 1997 illegal takeover of investment company Trustor AB, in which five investors led by Joachim Posener siphoned roughly 600 million Swedish kronor out of the company using its own money. Posener vanished afterward, evading Interpol and Swedish police for nearly three decades until Sweden’s statute of limitations expired and he could no longer be tried. Af Klintberg tracked him down, and the documentary features an exclusive interview with Posener himself alongside the insiders and journalists who exposed the fraud. (August 5)

Enjoy!